It's like a scene out of a sci-fi movie; Heathrow airport in London is now requiring some connecting passengers to undergo iris and thumbprint scans. British Airways may make this a standard security practice for passengers when it opens Terminal Five in March. Here's how the scanning works…
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The human rights organization Global Exchange takes you on a 10-night ecofriendly adventure along Costa Rica's southern Caribbean coast to explore beaches and wildlife reserves and partake in sustainable-living workshops with locals, from $1,550.why it's a deal

Brugge is the setting of the new mobster movie, In Bruges (which uses the city's French spelling for its name). Why not take advantage of this $989 air/hotel package to see Brugge's glorious cathedrals and scope out nearby Brussels?
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Victorian-style B&Bs in misty Mendocino, on a gorgeous stretch of Pacific coastline north of San Francisco, are pairing accommodations with discounted whale-watching excursions, from $135 a night.why it's a deal